From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 15:00:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E96106564A for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (av-tac-rtp.cisco.com [64.102.19.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3476C8FC12 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:00:35 +0000 (UTC) X-TACSUNS: Virus Scanned Received: from chook.cisco.com (localhost.cisco.com [127.0.0.1]) by av-tac-rtp.cisco.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q6SEtehq019894 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:55:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rtp-vpn5-1552.cisco.com (rtp-vpn5-1552.cisco.com [10.82.238.22]) by chook.cisco.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q6SEtaHJ027290; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:55:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <5013FD68.3030900@marcuscom.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:55:36 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Messenger References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users , FreeBSD Ports Mailing List Subject: Re: MATE 'base' desktop is ready for anyone to test it. X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:00:35 -0000 On 7/27/12 3:44 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jeremy Messenger > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> The MATE base desktop (x11/mate-base) is ready to use and test. The >> MATE base is a very lite and lean desktop. > > > A bit of FAQ: > > Q: There is problem with pkg-plist. > A: Yes, I know about that. The reason why I leave complete @dirrm in > the pkg-plist, so that way I can comparing what's the most common > @dirrm for I can create matehier (like gnomehier). > > Q: When will MATE ports merge into FreeBSD ports tree. > A: Even thought if I finished everything with MATE. It won't be merged > into FreeBSD ports tree unless I get more people to help me with the > MATE project. Right now, I am only a person that work on MATE. I > prefer to be least three people. > > Q: If there is problem, where do I report to? Send a PR? > A: Please no PR. I hate GNATS, but we should use it when MATE merges > into FreeBSD ports tree though. For now, just send me an email or > gnome@FreeBSD.org. > > Q: Does MATE conflicts with GNOME 2/3? > A: No, it's complete parallel even in the ~/.* too. > > Q: Why you won't check on GDM? > A: Because it's a GNOME applications and I do not want to install any > extra dependency. :-) But if MATE folks fork the GDM and yes I will > work on it. > > Q: Is it easy to use MATE with GDM? > A: I think it should be easy as MATE does provide session files. I > think GDM will pick up that session and add in the list for which > desktop you want to log in. > > Q: Does the http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html works for MATE? > A: Yes, most of them. Same goes for HAL: > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html Here's another Q&A for you. Is MATE compatible with GNOME 2 such that I can link my GNOME 2 apps to MATE libraries? Will MATE include links for GNOME 2 libraries? If not, could it? Okay, those were three questions. I think you see where I'm going. If we wanted to yank GNOME 2 out in favor of MATE, how difficult would it be? I'm not saying we would or that we're ready. I'm just testing the waters. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc